As funerals began for 14 babies killed in the August 26 hospital fire in Islamabad, witnesses reported that emergency exits at the facility were locked or closed during the blaze. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an immediate investigation into the tragedy.
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Only one child rescued after fire breaks out in the nursery at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Geo News reports.
A fire broke out in the third floor of a maternity ward in Islamabad. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for an immediate investigation into the tragedy.
A fire erupted in a maternity ward in Pakistan's capital this morning, killing 14 children, the Islamabad district office said.
Fourteen infants were killed in a fire at one of the largest hospitals in Pakistan’s capital early Wednesday, prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to order an investigation.
At least 15 infants were killed when a fire broke out at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, triggered by a fault in air conditioning systems, local broadcaster Geo TV reported on Wednesday. The blaze started at around 7am at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, on the third floor of the hospital’s mother and child health ward, the broadcaster said. Islamabad chief com
The fire broke out on the third floor of Islamabad’s largest hospital.
Authorities at biggest state hospital in Islamabad say 15 babies were in the ward when fire broke out At least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire that broke out in the maternity ward at one of Pakistan’s most prominent state hospitals. The blaze began in the early hours of Wednesday and engulfed the ward at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, the biggest state hospital in Islamabad. Continu
A fire at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, killed 14 newborns, according to a hospital doctor.
The dawn fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the capital's premier public hospital, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
Devasted parents gathered outside a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday after a fire tore through a mother-and-baby ward, killing at least 14 newborns. Witnesses described chaotic and harrowing scenes, including intense smoke and broken glass, while local media blamed the tragedy on a faulty air conditioning system.
A hospital official told the BBC that the door to the ward was not locked, but manned with security guards, to protect the babies.
A fire in the third-floor nursery of the Mother and Child Health ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad killed 14 newborns on Wednesday morning, Pakistani officials and hospital authorities said [nytimes.com#1][abc.net.au#1][abcnews.com#1][dawn.com#1][tribune.com.pk#1]. Officials said 15 newborns were in the nursery; one baby was rescued, and the rest of the hospital was n
As funerals get underway for babies killed in a Pakistan hospital blaze on Wednesday, a witness says exits at the facility were "closed".